The Government of the Russian Federation has prepared the text of the decision on the petition to cancel the 187-FZ (# Law against Internet)

In the previous series (without plunging deep back):
( link ) About how the government hears society, or public discussion of "Anti-piracy Law"
( link ) You do not seem to understand, we will explain. Truly public discussions 187-FZ
( link ) The State Duma opened the electronic Veche. A set of experts and the beginning of the discussion of bills
( link ) Canceling Anti-Piracy Law - Crowdfunding Project from the Association of Internet Users
( link ) Tomorrow, October 14, the final meeting of the petition for the abolition of 187-FZ will be held
( link ) Petition vs Open Government experts. View from the inside. Almost the result
( link ) The text of the new bill expanding the "anti-piracy" law is highlighted.

At the disposal of "RosKomSvoboda" appeared the text of the document from the Government Office of the Russian Federation, containing the following items:
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1) Minutes of the meeting of the expert group of the federal level chaired by Mikhail Abyzov dated 14.10.2013.
2) The decision of the expert group to take measures to implement the public initiative “Cancel the law on arbitrary blocking of Internet resources No. 187- dated July 2, 2013 (the law against the Internet)”.
3) Questionnaire of members of the expert group for voting.

Directly the document itself:



So, this document was sent to members of the expert working group to vote on this conclusion. The voting period is marked on October 25, i.e. either tonight or tomorrow, and most likely on Monday we will find out how the experts will eventually vote. But it is already clear, according to the statements that were made directly at the meeting itself, that the overwhelming majority of the representatives of the working group will support such wording of the final decision on our petition.

The final paragraphs of the resolution predictably contain a decision on the inexpediency of repealing 187-FZ and, at the same time, very vaguely and non-accentedly signify a public request for a general discussion of legislation both in this area in general and a call for legislators to correct the current law:

1. In accordance with Clause 19 of the Rules, it is considered unreasonable to repeal the Federal Law of July 2, 2013 No. 187-FZ.
2. To recommend the State Duma, when improving the regulatory framework in the field of protection of copyright and related rights, to take into account the comments contained in this public initiative.
3. To recommend to the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation to consider, in the format of public hearings, the issue of improving the regulatory mechanisms for protecting the rights of copyright holders on the Internet.
4. To send materials on the results of consideration to the State Duma and the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation

We expected a clearer position of the expert council, taking into account the interests of society, indicated both in the petition itself and in our appeals to it ( first , second ).

In general, we are not satisfied with the final text of the Expert Group Decision.

And you?

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The first voiced positions of experts from this working group on this decision:

Ivan Pavlov (Chairman of the Board of the Free Information Foundation), who voted against the decision of the working group:

In the conclusion “a lot is said against the initiative, but arguments for it that are fair are ignored”. “In particular, the fact that the law was adopted in a hurry does not prevent to cancel it and hold public hearings, to listen to all parties, this should not be decided by 34 people (the working group), but at least 450 deputies.

Robert Schlegel (Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation), who supported the conclusion:

One of the goals of the petition - “for the authorities to hear society” - is achieved. “If we recognize the purpose of the petition to submit a bill on the abolition of the law to the parliament, then such a bill has been submitted (by the communists); if the second most important goal we recognize is the submission of a bill to parliament that would correct the mistakes of the “anti-piracy” law, then such a bill has been introduced. ” In one form or another, a number of provisions of the petition will eventually be taken into account, however, due primarily to public response, rather than a meeting of the group, which is “somewhat late”.

Based on:
RosKomSvoboda
Gazeta.Ru